Petition

[wolf7s]

THIS IS TENTATIVE!!

Repeat, this is simply a tentative draft, and is not final in any way, shape or form.  I would still like to meet with a few administrators and teachers to find out the intricacies and details of this new policy before any major action is taken. I

Comments

on the right track but...

[chi1088]

I think it's too much in your face. I don't think it's the way you want to go. I know everyone's gung-ho about getting this changed but think about things this way. (And I know this tentative so things in it you could change.) We have one shot, one opportunity, one chance to make things go back to the way we want. We can't screw up and present ourselves the wrong way or else we lose. We have to start off mature and cooperative and continue to be that way. You are on the right track, spencer. But there's more anger in it than reasoning for why it should go back to normal.

Here's what we should do...here's what I have in mind...

Come up with a contract for students to sign. It's not a petition. It's an agreement. It goes like this...Things go back to the way they were. No a, b, c periods in seminar. No limits to number of destinations. As long as they abide by the rule that there is a 5 minute passing period time. No longer. Should they break it and loiter/cause problems, they are given an automatic detention to serve. The next time it happens 3 detentions. On the third time, they are grounded in seminar for the next three seminars and given saturday school. After those three seminars, they get it back. If they lose it again, they are given saturday school and grounded for three more seminars again. If things get really bad, then the administrators deal with this student however they please through suspension, expulsion, etc. By signing the contract, the person agrees that he or she will be respectful and honor 5-minute passing period rule like a responsible adult. Failing to do so will affect them.

If we set up something of this nature and get it signed by as many as we can, we can show the schools that we realize the 5-minute passing period time must be honored. We can show that seminar can't work if we loiter. We can show that we are responsible people and will take on the responsibility of conducting ourselves maturely during seminar.

A clear cut plan for discipline can fix the problem. Hall monitors can write up referrals like that. If the numbers are high, so be it. This must be enforced. And people must become responsible instead of being allowed to ruin life for other people in the group.